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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: postgresql-7.3 implementation
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Msg-id 26803.1051112850@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: postgresql-7.3 implementation  (radha.manohar@ndsu.nodak.edu)
Responses date&time vs timestamp question  ("Ron Mayer" <ron@intervideo.com>)
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radha.manohar@ndsu.nodak.edu writes:
> As I was walking through the source code, I encountered certain
> terminologies like Current Memory Context and portal
> What do these represent?

See src/backend/utils/mmgr/README for a discussion of memory contexts.
Not sure portals are very well documented anywhere, but think of 'em
as the implementation of cursors.

            regards, tom lane

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